Battle.Net Desktop Client - open for all!

Existor

Russian Federation4295 Posts

August 13 2013 00:59 GMT

In the months ahead, the game launchers for StarCraft II, Diablo III, and World of Warcraft will be automatically updated to our new desktop app for Battle.net, designed to improve the launcher experience and streamline your ability to play Blizzard games—but if you’re interested in upgrading now, you can!

The open beta test has begun, and everyone’s invited to download and install the app now in preparation for the switchover. If you’re interested in upgrading in advance, simply click the button below.

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What’s this launcher update do? The new single sign-on functionality allows players to log in once to access StarCraft II, Diablo III, World of Warcraft, and the upcoming PC and Mac versions of Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, and stay logged in for up to 30 days.

Players can also install games directly through the app and, if you choose to leave the app running on your desktop, keep them up-to-date automatically even while you’re away from your computer. Please note that it’s entirely up to you whether you wish to leave the app running—you can exit it at any time, and it will automatically re-launch whenever your standard launchers would.

Once the open beta test ends, everyone’s launcher will be updated automatically when they start up the launcher for World of Warcraft, StarCraft II, or Diablo III. Players will be auto-updated in waves over time, so the exact date you’ll get the update will vary from person to person.

Today also marks the end of our Battle.net desktop app closed beta test. If you’ve already been using the app as part of the closed beta group, you don’t need to redownload or reinstall anything—you’re already good to go. Thanks again for all of your great feedback throughout the course of our testing, and we look forward to hearing everyone’s thoughts on the open beta in the Battle.net forums.

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Install and Login

After your first login, Battle.Net client will appear in your Account

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Friends Online & News View

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Support Pages

Some of the Battle.net support pages have been updated to reflect the new client:

Uninstalling Battle.net Desktop app
Battle.net was Unable to Determine Products Installed
Client Is out of Date
Internal Error
Invalid Server
Service Error Occurred When Loading a File
Login Failed
Unexpected Agent Error Occurred
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vult

United States9395 Posts

August 13 2013 01:00 GMT

Awesome, downloading now.

EDIT: Upon using it and browsing it for about 5 minutes, it looks really nice and is responsive, but it eats up almost 100K memory in the background which is quite a lot for a "log in tool".

skyflyfish

Canada499 Posts

August 13 2013 01:00 GMT

nice

Existor

Russian Federation4295 Posts

August 13 2013 01:31 GMT

On August 13 2013 10:00 vult wrote:
Awesome, downloading now.

EDIT: Upon using it and browsing it for about 5 minutes, it looks really nice and is responsive, but it eats up almost 100K memory in the background which is quite a lot for a "log in tool".

Steam eats 100 mb of RAM too, but yeah, Steam isn't just login tool.

Uvantak

Uruguay1381 Posts

August 13 2013 01:35 GMT

Downloaded, i must say that this thing looks beatiful and it is quite nice to be able to access the game without the launcher, specially now that for some reason it was getting slower and slower to load.

And it would be nice if the added a shortcut to the editor, i mean i have already an icon in my desktop but it would be nicer if i only had to use this new lancher only.

Existor

Russian Federation4295 Posts

August 13 2013 01:36 GMT

On August 13 2013 10:35 Uvantak wrote:
Downloaded, i must say that this thing looks beatiful and it is quite nice to be able to access the game without the launcher, specially now that for some reason it was getting slower and slower to load.

And it would be nice if the added a shortcut to the editor, i mean i have already an icon in my desktop but it would be nicer if i only had to use this new lancher only.

It now automatically launches Battle.net client when you launch any of Blizzard games.

WaGGlez

18 Posts

August 13 2013 01:41 GMT

Wow it looks really nice.

TheRabidDeer

United States3806 Posts

August 13 2013 01:42 GMT

Why only the EU dl link?
English US version
http://dist.blizzard.com/downloads/bna-installers/322d5bb9ae0318de3d4cde7641c96425/beta.3/Battle.net-Beta-Setup-enUS.exe

Rehio

United States1718 Posts

August 13 2013 01:43 GMT

I hope something like this could lead to a better Battle.net.

I don't know if it could be used to create automated tournaments for Starcraft or something, but that's my dream.

As it is, it's kinda interesting. Something I'll probably use.

Quantum314

England217 Posts

August 13 2013 01:43 GMT

#10

I wonder if they would ever add the older blizzard games. I don't imagine it would be hard for them to add a shortcut to all of them. I just would like the feel of a proper blizzard "portal".

Existor

Russian Federation4295 Posts

August 13 2013 01:46 GMT

#11

On August 13 2013 10:42 TheRabidDeer wrote:
Why only the EU dl link?
English US version
http://dist.blizzard.com/downloads/bna-installers/322d5bb9ae0318de3d4cde7641c96425/beta.3/Battle.net-Beta-Setup-enUS.exe

Because I'm lazy to add links of all regions and all 16 languages. You can just change enGB to enUS/esES/koKR in the link or change language via client options.

TheRabidDeer

United States3806 Posts

August 13 2013 01:52 GMT

#12

On August 13 2013 10:46 Existor wrote:

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Because I'm lazy to add links of all regions and all 16 languages. You can just change enGB to enUS/esES/koKR in the link or change language via client options.

Ah ok. I wasnt sure if there were location restrictions

astroorion

United States1022 Posts

August 13 2013 01:52 GMT

#13

Got to use the beta of this and it's very convenient to have only 1 icon on my desktop now, and be able to see who is online without having to login

Existor

Russian Federation4295 Posts

August 13 2013 01:55 GMT

#14

On August 13 2013 10:52 astroorion wrote:
Got to use the beta of this and it's very convenient to have only 1 icon on my desktop now, and be able to see who is online without having to login

Where you can see who is online? I saw friend-list on early screenshots, but I don't see it now. Strange

Also you can delete that icon too and make it start with Windows startup.

skyR

Canada13817 Posts

August 13 2013 01:57 GMT

#15

On August 13 2013 10:55 Existor wrote:

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Where you can see who is online? I saw friend-list on early screenshots, but I don't see it now. Strange

Also you can delete that icon too and make it start with Windows startup.

It's just a box beside the big news box on the game page. If there's no one online, nothing will show.

Master of DalK

Canada1797 Posts

August 13 2013 01:57 GMT

#16

I got this before it was out. 2 days ago hehe